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The Atlanta Constitution.
VOL. xxxni. NO. 21.
CLARK NOW HAS A
J NEW TITLE TO SEAT
in Resignation and Is
/ f Reappointed by Acting
S Governor
CLARK REVIEWS CONTEST
Sac.ariEg Marcus Daly Has Pursued
iS'-m Malicious'.y and Vindict
ively. and Asserts He Has
Never Been Guilty of
Dishonorable Act.
?By Jos: Ohl.
sV* May 15.—<Hp*c!«1.>—At th*
conclusion of one of the most dramatic
■ear*.- - n the history of the United States
■Mate. Hon. William A. Clark announced
that he had forwarded to the govern-r of
Moe ■ a his re«lgnat!<m as a senator from
the state, and his name waa stricken
ther ipon from the roll of senators by
Pte* lent Frye.
JU dn a few days—probably by Monday
•f tifit week at the farthest day—Mr.
Oar* w!'! present himself at the bar of
th* senat* and ask to be sworn In on
cred tlals showing his appointment to
the vacancy created by his resignation.
This latter result came as a climax to i
.- * Sensational day in the history of this
Man tana contest. Senator Clark’s reslg
aa|| t was a surprui* to everybody save
his attorneys and those In his <1 *>»*—t c--n-
Met e. The announcement of his ap
pot tment came a-t an even greater eur
prfe for It a possibility which the
poll tical world had not anticipated.
Tl- governor of Jlentai.a is Robert B.
Bm h. a populist who Is ne of Marcus
Da s adherents. The lieutenant govern
®T of the state Is A. E. Sprleg’. a pop-
Ub . who Is a close friend of Mr. Clark
*■ who spent two months i-• during
pendency of the investigation in
Cla k's inter* ’ In ail th-« figuring on
■pi Intment tn case of Clark - resignation.
Li* tenant Governor Spriggs seems to
ha o been overlooked, and yet It Is he
Wl a.'Airdit.g to advl. •■•* received here
‘ th afternoon, has appointed Mr. Clark
the vacancy. The power to d ■ thia
to him through the abaenep of tfio
la
M
W t to argue a case before th* court of
in his abeeuce the lieutenant
gc . ernor becomes da facto governor ol
th- state, not o ..y assumlr g .ill the du
. tl< but receiving a.i of th- rmo.uinents
■f th* office. The power conferred upon
4b lieutenant governor of Montana In
<h sort of an en« rgency seems to be
gt- ..ter than that conferred upon the like
■fllcer ot any other nt ate. Tne clause of
th- Montana c> nstltutlon covering this
Question la in substance as fa-iiow-
/ "In aso of failure to qualify, death,
res.gnat: aa. commitment • an infamo'.
■ertn-a, impeachment, a.--< me from the
at-
„ • tlu:.". powers and emoluments of the off! e
yjiebai. devolve upon the lieutenant guvcri.or
« until tne disability is r-m >ved.’’
No Flaw in the Title.
r JU cording to the Interpre alion p’aeed
K>up*.;i this provision by Senator Clark and
■ hla friends ami also by Senator tartvt i
•- and other republicans who have lnve.su
■ gated it. the right u; the acting governor |
■ V> make the appointment is regarded as
H Indubitable. Mr. Clark s d«jn.«nd for roc
■ **gi..t;un on tins ciedet.iials signed l>v \c
■ ting Governor Spriggs will be :-*■■ : uj n
■
* Clark aul his legal rdvt rs forme
utor Faulkner that there Is absolutely no ‘
■ t*r. :n this new title. Al! tho senate pre
■ cedents, leading ba> k to the Conkling j
■ <te tn 1.0.1 and eva n far tha t, b-xtr out
■ the contention that a senator *-eases to be j
a member of that baely Immediately upon ’
fils restg station. Tins being the case, they I
cunte:.a. that the resolution of the c!*-*-
I Utms committee '•••Miring that Mt. Clark
‘ls not cnt.tled to a seat as a meml*er of ■
■ the senate.** dies without further a *.:on. I
Noth:ng e.se can be done with It unless. ,
peri.apc, to indefinitely i<ostp<*iu* It. Mr.
i-iuu not being a member of tho body, j
the senate has nothing more to do with
lam I here ale several care-. In tho hlsto- |
ry of tho senate when a member whoso
rtghl to a seat was d:sput«d announ- eJ i
iala re- :gna;l.m as Mr. Clark ha» done,
and t.,- n-ci-on the senate a consideration !
of the care <«-ar«-d- Any gUesUon that I
may tw raised upon the credentials wha-it I
he wi.l pr>-»ent as tho governor's ap- I
puinte must la* considered wlth-ntt ie- ’
ga_-._ to this other case wlnch is res ud-
r It I- harlly probnbln that Mr Clark will ,
be aVowed to take the oath as as* nat >r
with- it . b.« non being made. According
to ite unai method of procedure lii •
oath •! office is administered to the uihn ,
pvt—enting t.im<« If with such credentials
- un’v.-» 4*j.vt!cn is made. It is stated to-
- **l ht that Teator Chandler, cha rrn.in of •
the vi-ctions cimmltti-*. has determined I
to ma*e objection ami to move the refer
ence of the credentials to the committee
of which he is chairman. If this st done,
it wi. l be vigorously and S na
,* -r • jrk’s friends bellevo that a majority
< the MBate will join in defvaiing s '•
a n.> * n Tiny bas-> this b-dh-f upon ex
po ■ is from leading republican senators
| as «<ll as leading democrats who have
said .--y t-garded the apiM'intment as a
happy solution of the Mon.uno compitca- •
tions.
Daly Caused His Defeat in *BB.
It oi certain, however, that the Daly
people who have fought Clark »> bitterly |
will not glvo up without a further strug
gle and the understanding hero tonight is
list Governor Smith has l»een urged to i
hurry luu-k from Francisco to Helena
and make am ther appointment. If that
!s d>>oe and somebody else presents him- |
irff here simultaneously with Mr. Clark,
the probal llity is that tho <ase will then
go to the elections cummit.ee. Even then. I
hewev-r. It will not go with >ut a hard
light on the part of Mr. Clark's friends.
The motion to refer is debatable and the
whole quest!* n of the actin? govern it's
right to appoint will i-e aired In the open
sena’a In that event tho Clark people
expect all the senators who voted to seal j
Mr. Quay c.n the governor’s appointment
to vote against the reference of this . ase
to the commission, because on its surface
at least the right of the governor to ap
point In this case Is much clearer than
It was in th.- Quay case. At the same
time Clark Is certain to get all or almost
all of the democratic votes.
"I flrmlv believe.*’ said former Senator
Faulkner tonight, "that Mr. Clark will be
seated on those credentials and without
any unnecessary* delay.*'
There is much talk tn nntl-Clark cir
cles of this al! being a neatly executed
plot in which the absence of the govern
or from the state at this very convenient
time Is n most imimrtant factor. While
nobody can Is* found who will father the
direct charge that Governor Smith was
got out of the state through the clever
manipulation of the Clark people, there
are some who hint it very broadly.
*’l am told." said representative Camp
bell. who Is th.- recognized head of the
anti-Clark contingent here, "that this
whole thing wsts talked over at the pop
ulist convention at Sioux Falls last
w.sinesday Lieutenant Governor Spriggs
was In attendance upon that convention
nnd my advices are that he let the eat
out of the bag there.**
Whether this Is true ot not. the depart
ure of Governor Smith from the state
was certainly most opportune for Mr
Clark. Mr. Clark’s resignation was dated
the 11th and reache.l the office of the
governor at Helena yesterday or Uslay.
The governor was In San Francisco and
Mr. Spriggs. Mr. Clark’s friend, was
reated In the chair In the executive of
fice cloth.-d • al! the power given him
by the constitution of the state.
Clark Worked Continuously.
The first Information the antl-Clark
people here had of the prebable appoint
ment came to them In dispatches from
Helenu this morning. It was also the
first Intimation they hnd that Senator
Clark proposed to announce his resigna
tion . •
\\’h*n I saw Senator Clark nt the Ar
lington tonight he stated that he had not
received definite notice of his appolnt
ment-
**i cannot say, however.** ho said In re
ply to my question, “that I would I**-
surprised to re««-ive such an announce
ment. I do not hesitate to say that I
shall nct opt If appointed. I nm convinced
that such an api-’intm.-nt would be but
carrying out the wishes of the great ma
jority of the people «>f my state, who are
in thorough sympathy with me in the
tight 1 have mad- against the nomination
of Daly atid his crowd Th.-re is no
question in my mind of the right of the
lieutenant governor while acting as gov
ernor to make this appointment. I pre
sided over the convention which mail.- the
constitution th- atate. and it was the
purj-os.- of that convention to safeguard
tho < xecutlve office so that it should at
all times l»e occuphsl. That Is why our
eonMl itton n<-t only ptaces Upon the
should- r of tiie lieutenant governor al!
of the duties of the governor during his
• ■
in fact the governor, with l>olh ..ie duties
and the emoluments of the office from
the time the governor himself steps
across the state line until he re
turn* to resume his office. Should 1 !•••
appointed by G v-rrmr Spriggs. 1 shall
feel that I have .-n absolute and unques
tionable title to t. e office which « annot
• - - *.
imu<> anything w-.u I: th-- lieutenant gov
ernor has done while the latter is acting
us governor
lt.-pn s-ntetive Campbell, speaking for
the memorialista who presented the case
against Mr. Clark before the senate com
mittee. said tonight:
“So far as the memorialists are con
corned. we have, of course, nothing to
do with the state’s phase of the case.
We w-re thrrough when we presented our
case to the senate committee, it is for
the senate to say whether it will receive
u man b- iring such credentials as is pro
posed in this ease or whether It will not.
Even should the credentials of Mr
Clark g> to the committee <>n elections
and remain tied u» then- without action
throughout the rest of the session. Mr.
Clark will have won a decid'd
tage In h-s fight for *
tlon before th- next legislature.
He will have the prestige of the
aopointment instead of letting that ad
var.:. se go to s -m- one of his enemies
as w- usl Jiave been t'"* ca“had <•■'%< r
t - Smith made the app-dr.tnu tit.
Resignation Creates Surprise.
Fenat- r C '-rk’s resignation, when read
In the senaie this morniti? created a great
irt-rise t-oob aft- r the session opened
the Montana senator arose to a question
of t>er- nal prlvd* ge, and after reading
< .ireful!* t-r- par- | statement reviewing
his -as . ana -un<-‘-I that he had forward
ed Ids r<-Ignat; n as s- nator to the gov
ernor of his state.
The -< ene presented during the reading
of h-s statement was one of the most
unique in the history of the senate.
Th* routine business of the m . riling had
not been cßmpieted when th- senator
from M'-i.tana r--se and announced that
h’s addressing the senate was upon a
matter - f per-onal priv'l.ge Senator
Chandler had given notice that he would
call up the v-mmittee resolute n tins* at-
Ing Mr. Clark and of cour.-e « verybody
realiz’d at one- that it was this matter
that brought S- ria: >- Clark to h;s 1- <•
Atmos: fi-t.uit.v th*- hum of c-mvcrs.itl-m
on the floor and in the grub ries, whicn
usual!-- a*c mpanles the routine business
. . .
senator* quietly l*-ft their scats ami went
over to the democratic side so that they
might l*e near the senator from Montana.
The news spread rapidly and a nuritber
of memlM-s of th- house soon arrived to
till tin- s f«s at the rear of the chamber
a: -I t occupy standing room nearby.
Former B*-nator Faulkner. Air. t lark s
chief counsel, was seated by him until
Just before he r»se to address the chair,
and after that to.-k a seat next to Sena
tor Fairbanks In the back row ot the
democratic s-ats. Representative Camp
1-eil. wb« was the attorney for Marcus
Daly In prosecuting the case and who tes
tltl'-l to having unlimited drafts upon
that gentleman’s funds, sat on one of the
r -fa-> on the republican side. Senator
Clark’s daughter. Mrs. Culver, of New-
York. was in the senate famixy gallery
with some fri* nds. H* nator Clark *
statement was a strong defense of hlm
s« .f. He revh wed the report of the <-om
mittee. pointing out respects in which, in
his opini n. error had l»een made and he
went over at length »ne fight which has
liecn made upon him by the Daly faction
of Montana democracy.
Made Excellent Impression.
His statement made an excellent Im
pression and at Its conclusion almost all
of the senators, except those on the com
mlttee on elections went to him. shook
l-.ls hand, congratulated him -.n the
straightforward chara-ter of his state
ment and gave hhn renewed assurances
of personal esteem. Senators like Mr.
Bacon and Mr. Sullivan, who have been
prominent In the movement to prevent
unnecessarily sp«**dy action by the sen
ate were as muc i surprised at Senator
Clark’s announcement as anybody else.
Afterward* several senators expressed
their opinion that If Senator Clark had
not announced hl* resignation, the senate
would never have unseated him In view
of hls statement. It is known that a
good many republican senators believe he
has been treated badly, but so long ns
there was no minority report from the
committee, there was no chance for h-s
friends to do anything In hls behalf. It
Is announced on authority that he expects
to seek his vindication at the hands of the
people of Montana, and hls friends are
now carrying on a vigorous campaign to
that end.
Mr. Clark said he had no desire to cast
nr[ii r-lons on the members of the election
committee, but said he was forced to
the conclusion—which he believed met
with the concurrence not only of a large
numltcr of senators on both sides of th<
chamber, but of hls constituents In the
state of Montana, regardless of political
affiliations—that the methods of pro
cedure in <he Investigation were m.ini-
I-stly unfair, non-judlcial and the verdict
entirely opposite to that which would
have occurr«-d if the evidence had b-■ n
confined to that which was admissible
and jH-rtlnent to tin issue.
It is true, he said, that there was a
strong effort made by the senators from
Alai ama. Maryland. Kansas and Not th
Carolina a: the beginning of the investi
gation to exclude all the Irrelevant testi
mony. but their efforts were unavail
ing. _
All Kinds of Testimony.
"The result of the admission of all
kinds of heresy, irrelevant, malicious
and p-Tjur-d testimony.*’ he continued,
“was damaging in the extr< me to the re
spondent. as through the medium of both
tin resi>*<-*.ibb‘ and the v.-nal pt ess t In
most wid-spread publicity was given
throughout the land to some of th-- p- rnl
cious falsehoods. ou< hlng the respondent
and likewise a large nutnb*-r <>f most
(Wnlnent and upright legislators who sup
port*-I him and who are the peers ot the
boasted men of any state in this union.
"The prevailing theory of presumptive
Innocence was largely ignored and the
entire prttceedings were closely analogous
o the D.< vfus case, wh-re the prosecu
tion was based upon a presumption of
guilt. iTe edents - stabli tied since J-*--
liav<- b-en lightly considered, information
cntireli disregarded. It has heretofore
been held that th--ie mu--i be proved a«-t
--m iicl.j ot fraud *»n the part of tne
piintipai. or a-tual, not presumptive,
knowl-'-lge of < <-rl uptlon on the part ot
his a . ins. or that it must be proved not
inf-rte-l. that a sufii-j-'nt number ol leg
ist.- ->r have Is-en corruptly influenced to
change the r suit of the election. As to
th-- nrst proposition no evidence was au
ilu<—i that was accepted by the comrmi
t- ..ml no charge of complicity has b- cn
mad. in he re;..-rt.
•* > < th * b« • ond proposition, not in R
single Instance, in my -.pinion nor in the
- tani-.n ->t th*- • mln-nt counsel who ai-l-’l
in. ii i . th- re t>e< n any proof sufficient
n- establbh the guilt ol a single b’gi.-la-
"< n 'be contrary pos-ltlvc evidence has
■ . • In even case where t!:■
r< i -ind-nt w .’c allowed to introduce tes
tiin-.iij bat no i-onsld-ration was given
j < or t>r mis-<l. nor any consid
er n. i itia.le to s<vtire a vote for the
respondent.
"11l .1 ! r *o < hange the result of the
election it u-.uld b- necessary to estab-
II a that - .ght members Os the legislature
w*r< - -rrupilv i*-:ln--nccd. •
\i- ..fi ha been lul-1 on th*
, . , , • .mdlll 'fi <-! uwo or
■ tir* •• legislators before ;*nd alter the
senatorial ( ontest. These men gave full
• > planation of th™ clrcumstan-t-s and
conditions relating to such matters. The
presumption is that If th- lr financial eon
diti-m was better they acquired It inno
cently. This is a plain proposition of law,
an,! the burden of proof -lid not rest upon
them. From their well known character
I <l. not believe them dishorn st, and
even If they wore. It must b«- remern
ber< d tha tit-'re was much legislation b- -
1 >r<- that as mbly involving millions of
tl-.llars in whb h some of the memorialists
were de- i lv interest**! and although th* y
appear here as npostfes of purity, it is
w II known in Montana they would not
: til to test tho probity of every man In
the most tin --rupulmt;* manner to pro
ima<- their own interests.”
"TI i y w- re a-'-t >■. -1 v • :igag- d In prevent
ing a revision of tho infamous election
law enact*-.1 at their instance which the
h'.nest people <>f Montana were endeavor
ing to I'orr. et with regard to the cross
in the circle, by which these people have
tieen - nnl. sl t-. coerce every man In their
• nt ploy into casting his ballot to suit their
wishes.
••They were also deeply Inter* sto.l In
attempting tin repeal !’ a law requiring
• ages in > very min--, which law they hav--
■ illy di r- uar-i- il It ch irred tin t
man) llv*« have been lost by n-ason of
this disregard of the law.”
Daly Will Continue the Fight.
Senator < '1 irl£ -liarply criticised the com
mlttoe'-- findings In details and attribute 1
bis -I-feat for congress In l*sS to Marcus
Daly's ‘‘envious ami diabolical desire to
forever de troy my political influence." He
Introduced an original affidavit by George
r m Grath. who says Daljr told him the
only effective course open to force <‘lark’s
rettreni* nt was to charge Clark, morning,
noon an<l night, with brlb.ry; to have the
Daly men In the legislature procure money
from th.- Clark people ami then expose
the bribery and Inter suggested lotting
three or four of his < Daly’s) men have a
few thousand dollars to show in the leg
islature a Clark's money. The commit
tee had r« fu-od to hear McGrath. The
vote of republl-an legislators for him. Mr.
Clark * xpiaine-l. was the result of caucus
action and acquaintance with local condi
tions. He charged the committee with
s-- king to enforce laws for Montana. He
arraigned Congressman Campbell as be
traying his friends, receiving tho political
support of the Clark people and after
• l-t’.'oii being employed by the Anaconda
company ami working for Clark’s defeat.
He review.-d Daly’s course In the state
capital fight and charged the Anaconda
company with spending a million dollars.
Mr. Clark th* *i read Ins letter of resigna
tion a l-lr< --- -I to the governor ami dated
May 11th. as follows:
' Dear Sir The sixth legislative assem
bly on th,- 2-Sth day of January, Ikti* l . elect-
• d me to re present the stat,-'of Montana
in the senate of the I’nlt.-d States for
tl.e term commencing on the 4th day of
Alar-'it. lIBW.
"Viider the authority of the credentials
signed by th-- governor of the stat,-, I
« ntere d upon the discharge of the duties
of that position on the first Monday <-t
last D- • nil.- r, after qualifying by taking
tin- »*uth of office prescribed bv law.
"On the fourth day of December. ISW.
tu-> . - tnorlals were presented to the sen
ate of the I’nlt-.i States praying that
my tigiit ami title to continue to act as
a senator under the credentials which cer
tlll- -i to my election should be investigat
ed. These m* mortals, with the accompa
nying papers were referred to a standing
committee <>f that body.
After a protracted investigation of the
allegations of said memorialists the com
mit te. has submitted its conclusions to
the senate in which it finds the seat
which 1 now occupy under the credentials
Issued by authority of the vote taken In
the joint assembly of the legislature on
the ZXth day of January. 1899, should be
declared vacant.
"None of the charges affecting my per
sonal honor, or which alleged that l had
p, rsonally been guilty of corrupt prac
tices have been sustained by the finding
or the committee.
‘‘Conscious of the rectitude of my own
conduct, an-’ after a critical examination
of all the evidence taken by the coinmit-
Contlnued on Third Page.
ATLANTA, GA.. MONDAY, MAY 21, 1900.
CUBAN FRAUDS ARE
ON THE INCREASE
Postal Losses Not the Only
Crookedness Found To
Exist in Havana
GOOD THING WAS PUSHED
Officials Who H ve Held the Ful]
Confidence of Headquarters
Are Now Suspected, and
More Arrests Will
Come.
Havana, May 14.—The extent of th*
postal frauds is far greater than what
was originally expected. Besides tak
ing in the posial department, the frauds
seem to Include the local officers at Ha
vana ami various other officers through
out the Island, and also to have extended
to outsl-le points which have b-'en used
for the sale of some of the old Issue of
stamps that were 0.-fiered destroyed.
The result of the investigation at the
local postoffice Is the suspension of Port
master Thompson, who was Installed in
April of last year. He will remain at
hts own house for the present. Moya and
I Mascaro, stamp sellers in the main of
: flee, have also been arrested, and fur
i ther arrests ar* expected tomorrow*. As
many as six others have t»’cn placed un
der the closest surveillance, and they will
I tie arrested as soon as their services can be
’ spared. owing to this fact. If th*v are
suddenly r< lieved from duty it will be
impossible to carry on the postal depart
ment of Havana.
Messrs. Reeves and Reynolds, the audi
tors- of the postal department, are still
under arrest at their own rooms. In
charge of detectives. Special quarters
; will, however, be prepared In some fort
ress, where all the prisoners connected
with the frauds will be taken as soon as
i arrested.
Today’s arrest and the suspension of
Mr. Thompson did not take place until as
: ter dark, and consequently these new
features of the case were npt generally
ktipwn throughout the city this evening:
but there Is a nerci; ’ iblc cxcitem*-nt at
th,- postoffice, where io one knows who
may b*- th* next » . ■ singled out.
E. G. Rathbone <i- Ires th, A.-so
ctated I’:■ -*.< ■ ' ■
! no truth In the report clreu-
| lated In the United states that
th- r* >s friction between the military au
thorities hero and the postal department.
On th* <ontrary, the most complete har
money prevails between General Wood
and himself, consultations taking place
between them dally. He also says he
does not consider it proper. In the pres
ent circumstances to give out Interviews
for publication ami has so answered all
applications for personal statements that
have b- en cabled him from the United
1 States.
Sheridan will temporarily fill Mr.
! Thompson’s place. It appears that the
frauds wore ramified In almost every pos
sible direction, even the rented boxes hav
ing been made o h >urce of Illegitimate
j tain.
Every additional revelation increases
the amazement of the Am*-rl-ans here.
Tho t’ulians seem to be immensely
please-l. They declare that the Ameri
cans can no longer boast in t'uba of
their superior honesty when In govern
, ne tit employ.
General Wood devotes several hours
dully to postal affair.’, hearing the rep-irts
! of spei ial agents ami conferring with Mr.
; Rathbone and others having any knowl
edge of the matter. As yet. it is inipos
‘ sible to say how many persons will be
implicated.
THOMPSON ADMITS HIS GUILT
Signs a Statement Telling How He
Misappropriated Funds.
Havana. May 16. —1 ostir.a: tor E. If
Thompson, of Havana local office, his
sign*-1 a -worn statement In which he
! sass that on December 16th. last, i»e!ng In
I need of fi lids, lie took from th-- p -stotllce
' fund sl.3V>. giving his memorandum as a
re-nipt for the same. When the Inspec
! tions were held Mr. Thom icon ordered a
ch rk In charge of the money order de-
I partiiK'nt to place remittances received
that *lay. v hleh would not h ive to l«e ac
counted for until th.* following day. suffi
cient to ever the amount of his r- <eipt,
, which was withdrawn until after -h-> tn
i spei-tion. This was kepi up until April
"th. when the special agents tolly
discover-1 tiie leceipt. w liii-h Mr. Thomp
son tln-ti paid. He also mlmlts the Charles
F. Neelv. late financial agent of the posts
at Havana, Indors-d a bid for M.7) whl I.
Thompson h; <1 dis- aunt,bv the North
Amerh-a-i Tri.st Con.i any.
Thompson mlmlts other irregularities lt>
connection with his department.
Bristo Goes to Tampa.
Washington, May 16. —Fourth Assistant
i Postmaster General Bristo received his
final instructions today and ]*ft at 3
o’clock for Tampa,Fla., from which place
: he will sail for Havana, reaching there
early Sun-lay morning .
Mr. Charles A. Conrad, hls secretary,
accompanied him.
Warrants Have Been Issued.
Havana, May 16.—Warrants were is. u- d
this evening for tie arrest of E. P.
Thompson, the Havana postmaster; W.
H. Reeves, deputy auditor of the island,
and Edwatd Moya ami Jorge Mascaro,
Cuban clerks in the stamp department,
and by 7 o'clock all were 10-lged in the
vivac. or the tombs of Havana. This waa
dene under the advice of the postal in
spectors who arrived today. It is constd
! ered now- that Reeves is equally guilty
with Neely.
Investigation Into the record ot the
clerk ->f military department who han
dled several hundre-l dollars' worth of
stamps, proves that that transaction was
legitimate. The stamps were purchased at
the request of hls brother, who is a stamp
c-dhvt'.r in the United Stat* s, tor }80(..
They were of the old issue ami were cb
tained from Neely.
The arrest of Mr. Thompson caused
great surprise in the city. It Is looked
upon as the precursor of many other ar
rests. Ger.eral Wood felt, as did the pos-
tal inspectors, that It would be better to
have the susiwcted persons arrested, ana
to give them an opportunity to obtain ball
than to keop them indefinitely under close
supervision at a time when the detectives
are badly needed for other work.
Several Arrests Have Been Made.
Havana. May 17.—The principal charge
against the Havana postmaster, I*. 1 .
Thompson, who with VV. H. Reeves,
deputy auditor of the Island, and Lu ward
Moyra ami Jorge Mascaro. Cuban cl* rks
In tho stamp department, was arrested
yesterday, will be that he entered a con
spiracy with Carrydun Rich, the clerk,
who ins confessed to a knowledge of
many of the transactions, and who Wli
give evidem e lor tne govetnmenc to shtehl
C F W Neely, the arrested iinancia
agent of’ posts. '1 he pr .secution says
•fheinpson deliberately received vouctwis
ami ordered that the changes be made in
the books ai.d accounts with the manifest
intention ot shielding Neely.
Moyt.i and Mascaro admit selling over
SI,MV worth of an old issue of stamps,
i through the windows wh-ch were not call
ed lor in the requisition.
Thompson say that, though he ordered
i the alteration of certain ngures at »*■>
request of Rich, still he dal so Withoul
knowing that they were ot a crim 1“<O ua
uiro. He thinks ho iniglH have •
treated with more oousi- eration. win :
-nsnussed or requestod to resign.
inompcon’s uad was first fixed at »W.Ut>
| cash, but was ultimately reuuced to *I.OO .
wn.cn was deposited in <asn vy ‘
, vamsfi remsu>. nen Cu-mei. a wealu.*
aieikiiani* . .
ine 0.01 of M<» ru and Mascaro has be
rruuceu 10 ♦f.ow. win-n has not
j ‘ U Aecre'?wlll ne allowed to remain al hls
own n*..in. I'* -i-cfc ”t t ' l ' l< l |*i l ul -less
DUHllg tne invcst.gauolis How in Pl s
.O wo. I.- - .11. Co or >h da-.y to giw
acne*-, an 1 U >s also ten. u*-“- unu
Os lull! would uece-ssali-v ■
I probablj wou.d ha*l ad-
mitted 11. at his bdn deposit was U.S
! money, and a request wil be 1 *‘‘ u
1 V^KUtm U nt «i‘d ft v*
cli-•unistun-’* s. his ba 1 ‘J' . _ 1 w ith
light. Altlo ugh lie wns nrst char„
p-'Clilati -ns to the amount ot f- ■ ■
SIS -
it itaci-;: hr. snPr t | lP Inspec
examined Re-vcs.
Indiana Town Is Searched.
-- , 1 M-iv 17 --fine of the g°**“
ernment' - rbf ettves who has been, h.r<*
, working on the Muncie end of the üb..n
. postoffieo embezzlement eases made the
(statement today that the rea . '
b--:. th* sale of count* rfeit stamp
which. It b alleged, hav*- frr.i.tr-d it.
the office of a printing company in this
. city Thousands of dollars worth of
bogus stamps are- said to have been issued
andrllstributed to Cuban postmasters, a
number o*f whom. It is alleired, shared
i in the profits. The printing office Is sal-1
to hav.- been sear.hed from garret to
cellar for the material need. Heretofore
alleged package of money. It Is asserted
that almost worth of bogus
stamps have been printed in Munch- and
sent tor distribution to Cuban ]>->stoffic< >
Th" .-vst.-m was to distribute these stamps
’ in numbeis that would riot cause suspi-
I clou to i-tlleers who furnished th.- regular
consignments Wh- 11 Ross Cowan, pr- t
d-nt of tie- Xe. lv I’rinting Company, was
told the story today, he did not seem
1 e ii s-lallv concerned, but said;
•You mav say that If there Is any
1 store afloat that the Neely Printing < om
-1 pany ever turned out Cuban stamps,
eith- r for the postal or any other service.
(l j fa I— We hav-' neither print--1
Stamps legitimately or illegitimately. Th
government contract that we have, w
have not *1- tiled. It has been most in
th.’ form of print <1 blanks*. *1 his work
has been conducted for the past eight-< n
months since Neely took ot-iee, ami mv
ks will how that it has not exceeded
.v,o*»*». while th- printed re ports are that
it will reach sN\ooo. Do. you suppose that
th* 1 government officials that have over
hauled mv place from the day of the ar
r t of N-elv would not have found some
evi-l -neo If the gigantic stamp factory
you speak of was located here?’*
Reeves Admits His Guilt.
Havana. May IS— W. 11. Reeves, dep
uty auditor of the Island, made a con
fession at midnight and gave up $1,500
I given to hiffi by C. F. W. Nrely. the
' arrest*-1 financial agent of posts at Ha
vana. to perform certain services the
day he 1- ft. General Wood and tho postal
Inspector refuse to disclose the nature of
the conf* sfon. barely admitting that’one
has been made, it is claimed that $1,400
more will he recovered today.
General Wooil says that the report from
Muncie, It that nearly $2,000,000 worth
of stamps have been printed th,-re and
• sent for distribution to Cuban postoffires
' can be regarded as a canard. There Is
' nothing h.-i to show that any such
counterfeit st. mps have be.'ti sent.
1 It is belk-v,-! now that the whole story
Is known and that the amount of th*
defalcation will fall between >IOO,OOO ami
sl2s,*Xio.
Those who kn w- the situation best say
that th- 1 confession of Reeves was the
onlv link requir- -I in the chain of evi
! lienee, although the principal stat- ni-'nts
he has mad** will require investigation
before- they can be acted upon, as it is
generally believed that his accusation is
of such a startling character as to *'ei>d- r
it unwise to proceed before being thor
oughly sure of other evidence to cor
roliorate it.
Another charge ag. nst Neely is that
he has defrauded the customs out of sev
eral thousand dollars' worth of duties by
importing. nominally f*-r postal use, lar;--'
quantities of paper which was afterwards
- sold to a printing house in Havana.
The Cubans ar*' now b* ■ inning to talk a
good deal r.'ganling post- 1 matters, the
main Idea apparently b- ng that the
Americans, having found >0 many- of
their countrymen implies t--1, will not
proceed to extremities. Th, Cubans don t
believe that Neely will be extradited.
With the confessions of Reeves and
Rich, supplemented by those of the stamp
clerks ami by the statements of the Bar
acoa postmaster, it is considered that
the evidence against Neely* 1> complete,
espei-ially in view of the as rtlon of
Reeves that the stamps wen not de
-1 stroyed when they were suppos'd to be;
’ packages which were apparently stamps j
i .were destroyed, but it is now .- dd that
’these were so many bundles of paper
bits.
The newspapers now begin to ask for
I an Investigation of the engineering de-
I partment. They say that this <l-part
-1 ment has been more extravagantly con
ducted than the postal department.
Neely Case Up to the Committee.
Washington. May 18.—In accordance
[ with the request of Attorney General j
Griggs, the judiciary committee of the
house today* considered means ot dealing
with the Neely case and like cases arising
in Cuba. Tne need o t action was explain
ed by the attorney general in a letter to
Chairman Ray. of the committee, in wiUen*
ho said:
"Recent offenses of a criminal nature
committed by an employee ot the postal
service in Cuba, wiio has tied from jas
tice there ana taken re-ago in tne United
States, makes it my duty to call your at
tention to tiie fact that application for
tiie present extra-ntlo*. iw.vs of the United
States to such cases is In a condition of
doubt ami uncertainty winch makes it
embarrassing to the depirunent of jus
tice to sjcuie the prompt return of such
offenders to the Jurisdiction in which the
crime is committed, and in which they
should l*e tried.
It is obvious that the laws of the United
States ought to provide a sure, and speedy
return of fugitives from justice who flee
from Cuba and seek refuge in the Unit 'd
States. I hav-' dratted an a-t which will
make the course of proceonre in su.h -
matters srre and certain and I respe- t- 1
fully ask that it be considered by your
commit:- *-, nnd if found expedient, that ’
it bo 11:r ,<lu, «*l and passed as speedily ns
possibb- ”
Th-- attorney general’s hill is entitled
"An Act for Extrnilltlon and Rendition In
Certain Cases.” ami Is qi-lte lengthy* In
Its provisions.
Republican Politicians Want Loot.
Washington. May 19.—(Special.)—Repub- I
Mean par*y managers are going through a !
chllls-and-fever period of anxiety over tho |
rotten disclosures In the postal investiga- i
tion at Havana. Involving as that Invest!- j
eat Im does some of t>io. most trusted of ;
republican party workers. Senator Hanna j
and hls colleagues in the little coterie of
politicians which hanilt-s the political af
fairs of the ; -■ministration, realize the
immense possililliti-'s of democratic cam- (
paign m iterial which this Neely-Rath- i
lx»ne-Fhompson-et-ai business furnishes. I
Senator But on has started it going, and
the democrats are sure to m ike ft un
comfortable for tiie republicans, not. only
during the c ; «»sing weeks of this s-ssi n
of congr-'ss. but until the voles ate cast in
November.
There could be no better illustration of I
just what the dem* crats have been con-
| tending was the purpuso of r* publican ex- 1
I pansion than litis one furnished by the
' crookedn* ss in Cuba.
1 The democrats have all the time con- .
t* tided that ti e prime de.-ire and purpose
! win-h inspires tin- republicans In t iu*;r
ideas ot I'Xpvn.tiuii Is loot. They have j
* flanged that mansion w.th the repub- ■
licans m power meant that Hanna wou*<l I
■ give ail the good places *.O r* publican poli- 1
! iicl:‘iis who were- his lieutenants, and tii.it
! the inevitable result >f all tins would be
’ tr.'.-m.ui.-, «-*n-nt and perhaps dishonest)
liaretiy iiad Hie w* rels got out of tn--ir
I mouth. ;u> it were. b< tore tneir truth was
j emphasized bit Hie most glaring iliustna
i tions.
H* re Is a government acting as trustee
-for tlte jH'tple of a little islutid devastated
by war. Tl.* re could be 10 higher ie-p -n-
, s.bility placed upon this government than
: tiie ’lonc-t ri-lnilnlstfat. >ll <-. th-- affairs
’ of the Cubans. Under 1 demociati.' a-1-
| ministration, with h--n*'stv and in-egnty
■ at the white house and a *!• terminati* n
*io right contreuung .11- party In power,
such rottenness as .hit already disclose,)
in Cuba could not have happened. Under
a rei'uoticau a-immist ruUon .luminal-d
; us oy th,* must • -rruntlng Int u
( nothing ,lse than cortup.ion and dishon-
- esty could well be expeeo'd.
Postoffice a Fat Thing.
Almost tiie greatest source of revenue in
th* Island of Cuba—that fun ishing oppor-
I tunlty for tiie manlpul.-itlon of tha largest j
sums of money*—was th*' n -stoffi- e depart
ment. The administration very kindly un
dertook to give l<> the Cuban people a per-
1 feet p >st.tl system, showing them how
such a system should be run an-1 esp-x Sal
ly how It could be run honestly. Th*
otli- e of dheetor of posts whs crent-d
and un i r die order of tho president, was
; given al»solute authority. As -Mr. Hale.
Hi-' stalwart republican ftom Maine, point
ed out in tiie setiaie the extensive author-
1 ity given t the director -C posts in Cuba
w-as only equaled by the unlimited aulh r
ity given t,, tile R n.un pro-consuU. F-»r
■ .-u- n .1 past, were it the desire >'f the
: president to hove Cuban affairs adminis
' ten d honestly, there should have been
| selected a man of the highest type ol
American integrity . He should c-rta.niy
have *je.-ti a man against v.h >m there n.id
never been the least taint of suspicion.
. and whose life had been murk-d by th* -
must pet feet pulchritud--. ft is puisibl •
to tind su* h min —it is even possible to I
i li-iil them in tne republican party; but
1 wh* n you go to look lor them, 11 is un
i wise to make a sele-tion irom the ranks
| of the political gang of Mark Hanna s
’ lieutenants.
And yet when President M Kinley made
1 hls selection of dire-tor of posts h‘ eh-s •
a feliow whose record *• i-.i oecn simply
■ that of political henchman and 01..ce
! holder—a iran wh -s- most noted service,
1 apparently, was that in the inter- s'. >:
j Mark Hanna out at Columbus, win-re the
majority r* port es an investigating cont-
• mltteu apiHimted by a republican leitisla
i lure- charged him - this man Kutiib-one
with an t.it,-1111-1 to bribe a member of the ■
I legislature and buy his vote lor Hann *.
1 he reeorei with regard to -Mr. Riihbone
I in that transaction is very interesting. It
[ snows alleged <-ff- rts on hts part to pur
' chase the- vote of Representative Otis. He .
, failed in this particular case, but .t is -
! evident that Senator Hanna felt tiiat hts '
I lieutenant Lad done all that he could. C- r
tainly he performed a ; erv ice to Senator
Himna when ho refused all of the over-
I ture-s of the Investigating committee and
stayed aere In Washington until the thing
blew ove.-. declining U> go to Columbus to
t* stify.
Mr. Rathbone has a record as a repub
lican hustler ami is generally regarded by
those Intimate with his history as a
i man upon whom the republicans can rely
when there is any dirty work to be done. ;
I It might be difficult to put one’s finger on ■
any specific case of personal dishonesty
1 in his past, but there is little doubt that |
j his conscience would acquit him of any
deed of political dishonesty. That, at any
rate. Is his general reputation. There Is
absolutely nothing in hls record to have
warranted hls appointment to an office
of so great responsibility and so unlimit
ed power. The one thing considered by
President McKinlex the i-n*> qualification
—was that he was one of Hanna's chief ,
lieutenants an-1 strikers.
OFFICIAL BEING INVESTIGATED
Charges of Bribery at Bilibld Prison.
Manila.
Washington. May 16.—1 t appears from
late mail advices from Manila that the i
; prison officials of Biilbul prison, at M »nila, |
are under investigation on a charge of ex
changing and releasing prisoners and re- :
ceiving bribes. Billbid prison, the larg-st
in the orient, contains thousands of pris
oners. The Americans were oblige 1 to ,
continue Alcade Benito and other officials
in charge, because tliey themse-ves knew
I nothing of th*- prison methods nor th-
Filipino language. It Is allege*! that the
I prisoners wi re freelv exchanged; that na
1 tlvi s with money were allowed to employ
substitut -s to serve their term, and that
various otb* r forms cf corruption existed
Bryan Is Indorsed.
Charleston, W. Va., May 16.—The dem
ocrats of the second district selected as
I delegates to the Kansas City convention
Colonel C. Walker and Thomas B Davis.
! Bryan was indorsed for president.
TWENTY INK DEAD
AND FOUmiNDED
MacArthur Wires of Vrrlble
Slaughter of Americas
at Catubig
ONLY FIFTEEN ESCAPE
I V
Official Report of the Dlsastrom
Conflict Delayed on Account
of Cable Being Broken.
Two Hundred Natives
Were Killed.
Washington. May 16. —The officials of the
war department, after waiting for nearly
a week to hear something from General
MacArthur, at Manila, confitmatory ot
1 the press report of the bloody three days’
engagement at Cutubig. which resulted In
the heaviest loss of life Hie American
' army has sustained in any one engage
ment in the Philippines, yesterday cabled
General MacArthur a request for infor
mation. The answer was received today,
confirming the press reports and adding
some interesting details. Gen. MacArthur
' transmitted a report from Henry T. Alien,
a major of tho Forty-third, volunteers,
who commanded the United States forces
on the island of San-ar.
It app-ars that this force was divided
! among several ports en Samar, and wiJlo
details are still lacking it is believed that
inis parti*, ular fore** which was besieged
\ at Catubig was commanded, not r»y a
I command ofli • r but by a sergeant, either
■ George or Hail, both of whom were killed.
Catubig, where ’.he engagement oc-
■ curred, is a seaport town of nearly 10,ut»
inhabitants. General MacArthur's cable
, is as follows:
McArthur’s Telegram.
I ' Manila, Muy IS.—With reference to
your telegram of the 14th. the rumored en
gagement in Samar re ported in cablegram
of General Otis, May 4th. has been ~onl
irmed by reports received from Henry T.
Allen. Forty-third regiment. U. S. V.,
commanding Samur island.
“A detachment of thirty-five men sta
tioned at Catubig were attacked April 15th
by 6W men with 20U rifles and one cannon
our men ,rv*t ■ quartered in a convent
■ winch was fired next day by burning
hemp threw n from an adjdining church.
The detachment attempted to escape by
1 the river. Men getting into b>at were
killed, remaining men entrenched them
selves and held out two days longer.
j facing most adverse circumstances, until
rescued by Lieutenant Swaney and ten
men. Over 2*)o in the attacking party
(many of them are reported as having
, come from Luzon island) are reported
killed and many wounded. lieutenant
Sweeney reports street covered with dead
insurgents.
"Killed—Sergeants. Dustin L. George,
William J. Hall; corporals. H. H. Ed
wards. John F. J. Hamilton; cook. Burton
E. Hess; musician. Burton R. M agner;
privates, TreffUe Pomelow. Otto B. Hoose
Stephen Apperttl. John Noeiil. John E.
Kuhn Ralph Zlm. Edward Braman, Ches
ter A. Conklin. Walter E. Collins. J. J.
Kerins. Henry Dumas. Philip Salln an-1
tieorge J. Slack; ail company H. Forty
third regiment. I’. S. V.
"Wounded—Privates Lester Rustch
' worth. Harry C. Lee. M. J. Faron. J. H.
Clancy, company H. Forty-third regiment,
I', g. V.; Corporal White, company H,
Forty-third regiment.
"Cory of Henry T. Alien's report for
ward-d * est*-relay by mall. llo:lo (I’mayi
cable Is broken by earthquake. Difficult
■ to procure more definite information.
“.M tcARTHUR.”
MacArthur Sends Death List.
Washington. May 15.—General MacAr
thur’s latest casualty list Is as follows:
Manila. May 14.—Deaths: Drowned—
Troop E. Third cavalry. John E. Adams;
'company •'. Twenty-fourth infantry,
Elisha Forcho.
Jaundice —Company F. Seventeenth in
fantry. Sergeant Frederick G. Lade
Pneumonia Company M. Forty-sixth
I Infantry. Jay W. **ohen.
Typhoid F* v-r • "nipany I. Eighteenth
infantry, Israel Cork; company H. Twen
tv-sixth intantry. Frank 1.. Blgos; *or--
1 pany E, Forty-second infantry. Frank
I Bauer; company <«, Forty-fifth Infantry.
Matthew Mikkula; company * Forty
seventh infantry. Janies K. Holder
Melarial Fever -Company I. Seven
teenth infantry. Roy Sayers; Company L,
! Seventeenth infantry. Th,-mas Sullivan;
■ company H. Forty sixth infantry. N. L.
Baudette; company D, Twenty-first in
fantrv. Anted Tolck
Chronic Diarrhoea—Company A. Twen
ty-first infantry. William Londrlgan;
, company F. Twenty-first infantry, Mieh
ale J. Farrell.
1 Tuberculosis Company K, Forty-ninth
infantrv. Willie Bowman.
Nephritis—Contpany Forty-eighth in-
fantrv, John Farm in.
Variola— Company C, Sixteenth infan
trv. R. N. Hoofer; company K, Sixteenth
intantry. Corporal Abraham Cross, coni
panv C. Forty-thin! infantry, John <’.
Tind’ company G, Forty-fourth infantry.
Fred Nichols, company G. Forty-eighth
Infantrv. Elijah S. ars. I’eter Halrstod;
Edward Greenleaf; company H, Fortieth
; infantry.
Dysentery—Company B. battalion of
' engineers. United States army. Frank W.
Ivhrnan; company E, Twenty-second in
fantrv Serg* ant Patrick Malone; com-
I pany L. Thirty-fifth infantry, Henry
I Hamburg. r ,
| Peritonitis— Company D, Uorty-filth in
-1 fantry. Edward M. Bak* r.
Xbscess of Liv.-r—Battery G, Sixth ar
tillen Fred Wilhelm; company E. Tw,-u
--tv-sixth infantrv. Robert A. I.air-1.
'pvaemia—Company K. Twenty-ninth in
fantry. Si-rgeant W. H. * layton.
( ; .<-ro Enti itif omi any D. Eigh
teenth infantry, Alonzo Henley.
Died of Wounds Received in Action—
i Company I. Twenty-third infantry. First
Sergeant G A. Wyeth; company I. For
tv third infantry. Chari- s Dolloff; com
pany E. Forty-third infantry, Oliver M.
Pendergrass; company F. Forty-third in
fantry. Thomas O. Hales.
Three Men Killed by Lightning.
Denton. Tex.. May 15. —In a terrific elec
trical storm which raged through the
north and the northeastern part of this
county late yesterday three men were
Instantly killed, two of them being slain
by the same bolt, while the third was
more than four miles from the other two.